Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-12-30


Andover entered the garden Such pr,
poslerousness | never heard of, | said.
''Prue is not 10 blame, he frownet
''She Is n fond woman and compassionate
easily; she IN helpless when she deems tn,
word or look of hers can wound An
George Bell Is very sensitive and has fa
detractors. would give her up il
thought that she loves the man, but | al
positive that she does not He came her,
bright stranger in our humdrum life, an
-pshaw Is II not ridiculous in Prue
father-why can he not see how she
wrought uponI | am not myself today
SO ! can not speak sensibly-that little ra,
Gals plan for tonight has completely ups,
me. for | don't know what there is In 4
But i will save Prue at all hazards.
| made up my mind that there was NOR
knowledge, and that he believed thu
young man had something TO do with III
miserable plan little James had set ahou
Muttering to himself he went towar
James. who had again appeared.
"Tacy, said James. coming To me afte
he had sent Edward Andover through tn
bushes, this is busy day for me- hi
under the parlor sofa, and every tim
George W. Bell got close to saying 1t,
night. TO our Prue, I'd stick pin int
him and whisper cheese it,
Does thee mean 10 tell me that Pru
knows nothing about this elopement2"
demanded.
IN tell her when il is too late 10 - q :
word 10 the spoons: then she'll M
elope, don't thee see? til be boz i1 sh,
But don't thee give il away to mG"eit iG'
it would make her cry. The '"'
now"
"Tacy" cried Sarah fror tle sl'llhg
room window / composed - . iea.io' VI
the way 10 the room-by ooJ = nD
know. neither Thomas nc Sa'an' "0ui0
protect Prue in this PR .o;, an ~
for James-he shoH wall wal, ,,li .o 1, s
was over Thomas ~ oarah were IN TIT
~ am sure /" Thomas. that James
tongue has be bsome down there in the
garden es an asG.G apns. G to h.
oar o,,arIs, .ch. Out of all thee knows
81 Prna's Ddecision Tacy, | trust that
thee 70. 0ns that | am acting in accord
ance nh my light. Prudence has devel
orod weakness which must he overcome
hi. br own impetuous self; any help out
~ would be Fictitious
Could not thee advise with herr"
Thee is not mother" said Sarah,
thee does not know how ones children
sometimes startle us with traits that used
to he ours but which we have amended
was impulsive, against authority. in my
young days
LAS was l." Thomas reioincd. land ad.
vice in some matters was resented by me.
Advice may influence in the direction
least desirable. Nay. it is between Pruo
and her hcart-it grieves us that her heart
decides so slowly. Now We have finished
the subject.
perceived that dared say nothing
that no one dared
At dinner young James was the most
talkativc of us all, and | am assured that
we were not ungrateful for this under the
circumstances.
Father" quericd he Benjamin Frank
lin bottled his lightning around here on
Broad street with kite like the daisy | fly,
so George w. Bell says. And say, father.
did thee ever outrun bear?'
Il never did, answered his father
George w. Bell did, went on James
"Once out West he seen-'
Saw, James" corrected |.
Yes" he replied. After he had saw
the spunkiest bear in the whole caboodle
Seen, James" corrected /.
That's what said first, Pop" cried he
after he seen the bear hug ging the Injur
into fiddle strings-'
James" interrupted his father. '1he,
might nYrrate the incident at more fitting
season.
That's always the way complained
James. Mother, may have another cul
of cusiard:"
In my room, after dinner I sat dowr
and tried TO ask myself if il were at al
possible there could be anything in wha
James had brought about While wa
cogitating James came to me.
"It's awful dull down stairs said he
Wouldn't thee like little hot water fo
thy dyspepsia? III get it for thee. scorch
ing hot Not Well, III tell thee some
thing tonight to make thee laugh Tacy.
Il shall laugh now, James, returned ]
il thee will be good enough 10 leave me.
Il should smile, cried he and ran of
tried TO nap: | could not. / was
worried woman till the tea bell rang. Tn
Biddles and the Sloans had come in 10 e
to the Lyceum where Lydia sloan was t
read paper on the rights of the Indians
They had come to stay all night. pruc
pleading headache. kept her room an,
wanted no tea After We had risen from
the table went up to her On one SID
Of the table in her room were pile Of lei
ters on the other side just two.
The many are from George Bell, sh
said to me coldly. Read them" Whic
did. They praised Prue, exalted he
xit and understanding, while they deprt
ca,ed the unworthiness of the writer. Tn
two other letters were from Edward An
dover, the one asking about her liking Q
the small fragrant species of white ros
which he had sent her, while the other r,
ported some breach of discipline on th
part Of James.
"Tscy." said she, trembling goo
ideal. 81 may as we'll tell thee all Tn,
Thinks am to decide to day. Fate, not
\ shall do IT, James has just left me-
4 came to tell me what he has already TO
thee. More; so effectively has he, chi
though he be, rung the changes on Georl
Bell that I-Oh, well. let me say tn
George Bell long ago proposed flight
me-the only way TO escape the indecisiC
4 initiated against.
4 HAS Edward Andover ever propoSe